Leveling and aligning means



Sept. 14, 1 948. GUILLET 2,449,219

LEVELING AND ALINING MEANS Filed Feb. 25, 1946 v 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 AZberz M. GuiZZez pf- 1948.- r A. M. GU ILLET 2,449,219

' IQEVELING AND ALINING MEANS 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Feb. 25, 1946 Alberz? M. Guz'llez P 14, 1948. A. M. GUILLET LEVELING AND ALINING MEANS 4 Shets-Sheet 3 Filed Feb. 25, 1946 Sep1. 14, 1948. A. M. GUILLET 2,449,219

LEVELING AND ALINING MEANS Filed Feb. 25, 1946 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 has upper laterally projecting ribs 36 and 31,

which are adapted to rest in the groove 3i. The anchor bracket 35 has an inwardly projecting portion whose right hand surface in Figures 1-3 projects into the notch 39, and thus is slidably mounted for vertical movement in the notch 39, when the ribs 35 and 31 are removed from the groove 3!. The groove 32 is provided so as to allow the lower end of the anchor bracket 35 to rest on the lower face of this groove whereas the lower right hand end of this bracket, as viewed in Figure 3, will rest against the vertical portion of the groove 32 since the groove 32 is just below the lower end of notch 39, as will be observed in Figure 9.

The anchor bracket 35 has a pair of projections 45 and 41 in which a thumb screw 42 is loosely mounted, said thumb screw being confined in these projections 40 and 4| by means of a collar 43, the lower end of the thumb screw 42 being bradded or peened over the collar 43 to confine the thumb screw in the projections 45 and 41. The thumb screw is threaded intermediate its ends, and threadably penetrates a Wire anchor member 45, which projects to the right in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, and 9, and has a cap 46 disposed thereon.

I The upper edge of the portion 45 and the lower surface of cap 45 have semi-circular grooves therein forming a cavity 41 through which a wire, such as a piano wire 48, passes, said wire encircling a screw 49 which slidably penetrates the cap 45 and is threadably mounted in the portion 45 to thus confine the ends of the reel wire 48 in position on the anchoring member.

Secured to the other end of the machine is a bracket 59- by means of bolts 5| and 52, said bracket having a cutaway portion 53 so that it will fit over a rib 54, which is a part of the conventional framework of the machine. This bracket 55 has secured thereon, by means of a bolt 55, an upstanding bracket 56, which is outturned at its upper end, as at 51, and the upper end portion has asemi-circular cavity 58 therein in-which the semi-circular portion of abracket 59 is mounted. This bracket 59 has a downwardly projecting portion 60 on its left hand end thereof in which is threadably mounted a thumb screw 6| which has a follower 62 on its right hand end, as in Figure 4 for example, which is adapted to press against the left hand faceof bracket 56,

as seen in Figure 4.

The right hand end of the bracket 59 in Figures 3 and 4 has on opposed sides thereof vertically disposed slots, in which the inwardly projecting portions 55 are slidably mounted, said inwardly projecting portions 55 being integral with a bracket 66, which has an inwardly projecting tongue, not shown, in which a thumb screw 61 is member 68, and is adapted to press against. thev reel housing 69 to lock it in laterally adjusted position. This reel housing 69 has mounted therein a suitable reel, not shown, on which the other end of wire 48 is fixedly mounted, so that when the reel is turned in one direction, the wire willused in locking the reel in position. When it is screwed upwardly out of contact with the worm gear on the reel, it allows the reel to be turned by the crank 11, but when screwed down into position to engage the worm gear on the reel, it

locks the worm gear in the position to which it has been turned by the crank 11. All of the structure of the reel housing, bracket 51 and the like, are fully disclosed in my Patent No. 1,907,959.

Also for leveling and. alining the machine, I haveprovided a plurality of collars 85, each havinga notch or cavity 8| therein, adapted to fit over the shafts H and I2, and a thumb screw 82 is provided in each of these collars 89 for' affixing the collars 89 to the shafts II and I2. Incidentally, these collars 89 are exactly the same diameter as the rolls l'3 of the shafts Hand I2, on which the cheeses rest for-a winding operation. With a plurality of these collars in position, I can place a leveling member 85 with its ends resting on the collars 85, and this level has a bracket 85 on one end thereof, adapted to rest againstone .of the collars 80, so as to place it in the right position. This level has a downwardly bent central portion indicated at 8'! for missing a rod 88, which is a conventional portion of the machine. The levelmember 85 has a spirit level 89 m0-unted on one end thereof, so that with the level member 85 placed in either the bold line, position, shown in the left hand endof Figure 1, or in dotted line positions, as shown along other portions of the rolls l3, it can be determined whether or not the level of therolls at thatportion of the machine is correct. The end of the level member 85, which 7 is placed beneath the wire 48, is cut away, as at 90 and'9l, leaving a rib 92, having a transverse slot 93' therein, in which the wire 48 is adapted to be centered in an alining and leveling operation.

The reel housing 69 has resiliently mounted pins 94 which press against the upright portion of bracket 66, as more completely shown-in my said patent. v f

Inthe drawings and specifications, there'has been-set forth a preferred embodiment of the invention-and although. specific terms areemployed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only, and not for purposes of'limitation, the scope of the invention being defined in the claims. j

I claim:

1. A leveling and alining apparatus comprising a bracket. attachable to one end of awinding frame and having a depression in its-upper end,

, a-reel bracket adapted to fitinto said depression,

means on-the reel bracket for clamping the reel bracket to theyupper end of the first named bracket, a vertically adjustable reel housing disposed on said second bracket, and having a line extending therefrom, a third bracket attachable to, the other end of theframe, and having a vertically. disposed-slot in its upper end, said third bracket having a; pairof spaced horizontally disposed parallel grooves in the outer face thereof, a fitting adapted to fit intosaid slot and having a pair of laterally extending, portions on, each side adapted to fit into said grooves, a vertically disposed threaded screw mounted in said fitting and having a line anchor threadably mounted thereon and extending into said slot in the upper end of third bracket, said anchor having a means thereon for anchoring the other end of the line extending from the reel housing, said winding frame having a pair of horizontally disposed parallel shafts having rolls thereon, cylindrical members attachable to said shafts, a level member adapted to rest on said cylindrical members or on said rolls, one end of said level having a downwardly projecting portion adapted to fit against one of said cylindrical members or rolls, said level having a transverse slot in its upper edge adapted to coincide with the line extending from the anchor to said reel housing,

2. A leveling and alining apparatus for a winder frame having a pair of parallel horizontally disposed shafts, said apparatus comprising i a bracket secured to one end of the frame and projecting laterally across and above one of said shafts, a vertically disposed notch in the upper edge of the bracket, a fitting adapted to fit loosely into said notch, said fitting having a turnable threaded member vertically disposed therein, a line anchor member threadably disposed on the vertically threaded member and having means for anchoring one end of a line thereto, a second bracket mounted on the other end of the winding frame and extending upwardly and having a reel housing attached thereto, a line extending from said reel housing and anchored to said anchor member at the other end of the frame, said parallel shafts having a plurality of rollers fixedly secured thereon for contacting cheeses for rotating the same, said parallel shafts also having a pair of collars secured thereon near each of the one ends of the shafts, a transverse member adapted to rest on said rollers and on said collars as desired, the collars being of the same diameter as the rollers, means on the transverse member for engaging one of the collars or a roller when the transverse member is placed thereon for positioning the transverse member relative to the roller, one end of the transverse member having a transverse notch therein which is adapted to coincide with the line extending between the anchor member and the reel housing when the machine is in perfect alinement.

3. Apparatus for alining and leveling winding frames comprising a bracket having means for attaching it to one end of the frame and having means on its upper end for supporting a reel housing from which a line is adapted to extend, a second bracket attachable to the other end of the frame, said frame having a pair of spaced parallel revolving shafts thereon having spaced rollers thereon for contacting cheeses or imparting rotation thereto during a winding operation, said second bracket having a downwardly projecting portion and a clamping member associated therewith whereby the second bracket can be clamped around one of said shafts, said second 6 bracket having a notch cut in its upper end and extending downwardly thereinto, said second bracket having parallel spaced grooves in its outer edge, a fitting adapted to fit into said notch and having transversely extending portions adapted to fit into said grooves, said fitting having a turnable vertically disposed threaded screw therein, an anchor member threadably mounted on said screw whereby by rotating said screw the anchor member will be adjusted vertically of the notch in which it is disposed, said. anchor member having means for securing the other end of said line extending from the reel housing thereto, each of said shafts having fixed thereon a collar, each collar being of the same dimensions as rollers onwhich cheeses are adapted to rest, a transverse member adapted to rest on said collars, or said rollers as desired, said transverse member having a downwardly projecting portion adapted to fit against one side of one of the collars or the rollers to position the transverse member relative to the two shafts, said transverse member having a transverse notch therein adapted to become alined with the line extending from the anchor member to the reel housing when the shafts, collars and rollers are in perfectly alined position.

4. A leveling and alining means for a. winder frame comprising a bracket attachable to one end of the frame and having means for supporting a reel housing with a line extending from the reel housing, a second bracket attachable to the other end of the frame, said frame having a pair of parallel shafts therein, each of said shafts having rollers mounted thereon, the second bracket having clamping means for engaging one of the parallel shafts, said second bracket having a vertically adjustable anchor member disposed therein to which the other end of said line may be secured, and means on the second bracket for vertically adjusting the position of the anchor member relative to the bracket, a transverse member adapted to span the distance between and rest on the rollers of said two shafts and said transverse member having a transversely disposed notchtherein adapted to coincide with and to receive the line extending between the reel housing and the anchor member when the rollers and shafts are in properly alined position.

ALBERT M. GUILLET.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date OTHER REFERENCES Drawing, Ship Keels Checked with Transit Targets, American Machinist, 9, H9, Nov.v 11,, 1943.

Guillet May 9, 1933 

